It is not normal for a 22-month-old baby not to be able to speak. It may be caused by less speech training, hearing impairment, dysarthria, intellectual disability, etc., and requires active intervention.
1. For babies who lack language training, parents should actively create a good language environment to stimulate their language development, and if necessary, the child can seek help from professional language training organizations.
2. Babies with hearing impairment and dysarthria may also show delayed language development, while the other aspects are not much different from that of children of the same age, in which case they need to actively seek medical attention to solve the organic problem in order to continue to stimulate the baby’s language development.
3. In addition to delayed language development, babies with mental retardation may also show motor and intellectual lagging behind children of the same age. In this case, the baby’s language development will be greatly affected, and should be actively consulted and treated.
Most babies are able to pronounce simple superimposed words such as daddy and mommy by the time they are one year old. 22-month-old babies who are unable to speak need to actively seek medical attention to identify the cause of the problem and take timely intervention.